The Mexican National Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional Peso Welter in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission). While the commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events at which the title is defended. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotes the events and has the everyday control of the championship.In this statement, "control" refers to the everyday use of the championship, determining which storylines the championship is being used in, who gets to challenge for it and how to use it in a public relations sense. The official definition of the welterweight weight class in Mexico is between and , but is not always strictly enforced.The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with an upper limit, despite weighing . Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.

Karloff Lagarde holds all "longevity" records for the championship. He has had the longest individual reign (1,859 days), the longest combined reign (2,731 days) and the most reigns of any champion, with four. Psicosis holds the record for the shortest reign, having held the title for only two days.Bobby Arreola and Mario Nuñez have reigns that could potentially be shorter than two days, Psicosis two-day reign is the shortest documented reign. The current champion is Capitán Suicida, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Magia Blanca on Martes Populares in Mexico City, Mexico on March 31, 2026; he is the 77th overall champion and the 58th person to hold the title.

History The championship was created on June 17, 1934, making it the oldest professional wrestling championship still promoted. Documentation is unclear on the details of the tournament other than that Mario Nuñez won the title by defeating Tony Canales in the final on June 17, 1934. In the early days of the championship no single professional wrestling promotion had exclusive control of the championship, but as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; later renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre) became dominant it became the main promoter of the championship, with the Commission pre-approving the champions. After El Felino vacated the title in 1992, control of the championship was granted to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which promoted the title for the next six years. In 1998 control of the Welterweight Championship was returned to CMLL when Arkangel de la Muerte defeated El Toreo on a CMLL show. Since then the title has been promoted exclusively by CMLL.

The championship has been vacated & held up in a tournament at least 17 times; 1937, '39, '41, '56, '63, '64, '69, '75, '76, '84, '85, '87, '89, '97, and the 3 examples below.

1992 Championship tournament On July 16, 1992, then-reigning Mexico National Welterweight Champion El Felino defeated América to win his first ever CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the title El Felino left the Mexico National title competition to focus on his CMLL World Welterweight Championship. CMLL held a 16-man tournament over two days, starting on August 9 with the finals of the tournament the following week on August 15. All matches took place at the Pista Arena Revolucion in Mexico City, Mexico

April 2013 Championship tournament The Mexico National Welterweight Championship was vacated on March 20, 2013, when the then-champion Titán was unable to defend the championship due to a long-term injury. CMLL announced that they would hold a tournament for the vacant championship starting on April 19, 2013. 10 wrestlers would compete in a Torneo cibernetico elimination match with the last two wrestlers meeting at a later date in a match to determine the next champion. CMLL announced that Místico La Nueva Era, Valiente, Rey Cometa, Guerrero Maya Jr., Fuego, Volador Jr., Averno, Tiger, Sangre Azteca and Namajague. Of the group Valiente and Sagre Azteca had held the Welterweight championship before. The tournament saw Averno and Místico La Nueva Era outlast everyone to earn the rights to wrestle for the title on April 26, 2013, as the main event of CMLL's Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show. In the finals Averno, with the help of his cornerman Mephisto was able to defeat La Nueva Era to win the championship for the first time.

Torneo Cibernetico order of elimination #EliminatedEliminated by1 Sangre Azteca Fuego2 Guerrero Maya Jr. Volador Jr.3 Fuego Tiger4 Namajague Disqualification5 Rey Cometa Averno6 Tiger Valiente7 Valiente Volador Jr.8 Volador Jr. Místico La Nueva Era9 Místico La Nueva Era Averno10 Averno Winner

April 2022 Championship tournament The Mexico National Welterweight Championship was vacated on December 1, 2021, when the then-champion Soberano Jr. challenged for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship. As in 2013, 10 wrestlers competed in a Torneo cibernetico elimination match. However, this time there was no second round; the winner would be crowned the new champion.

Torneo Cibernetico order of elimination #EliminatedEliminated byTime1 Perverso Principe Daniel 9:202 Rey Samuray Inquisidor 9:373 Ángel Rebelde Suicida 11:544 Principe Daniel Magia Blanca 14:465 Inquisidor Rey Cometa 16:166 Diamond Astral 17:207 Astral Rey Cometa 20:408 Suicida Magia Blanca 21:159 Rey Cometa Magia Blanca 28:3310 Magia Blanca Winner

Reigns

Combined reigns Key SymbolMeaning†Indicates the current champion¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. +Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days1 5 ¤2Soberano Jr. 1 1,6643Magia Blanca 1 4 3 5 2 ¤6 1 ¤7 3 8 1 10 Sangre Azteca 1 9 Fishman 4 11 1 12 1 13 Titán 2 14 Valiente 1 15 Tigre Blanco 1 Kung Fu 2 17 1 18 1 19 1 20 2 21 3 22 1 23 Talismán 2 24 Heavy Metal 2 25 1 26 Pólvora 1 27 Bárbaro Cavernario 1 28 Bestia Salvaje 1 29 1 1 31 Lizmark 1 32 Psicosis 2 33 Rey Cometa 1 34 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 Blue Demon 3 39 Fuerza Guerrera 1 ¤40 Lobo Negro 1 41 Averno 1 42 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 43 1 45 Símbolo 1 46 Rey Misterio Jr. 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 1 Ultraman 2000 1 52 1 53 1 ¤54 Nygma 1 55 Capitán Suicida † 1 56 1 57 Fantasma de la Quebrada 1 58 1 ¤ 1

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References

General source for title history before December 2004

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